In the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit! Christ is Risen! Today’s Holy Gospel is usually read during blessing of waters, these words are well known to all of us. The Lord Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem and came to the so-called sheep pool (Bethesda), a sad and dirty place […]
On April 23, 2010 the festal service on the occasion of the patronal feast was celebrated in the Cathedral of the Great Martyr St. George the Victorious of the Constantinopolitan Patriarchate in Edmonton. The service was headed by Metropolitan of Toronto and all Canada Sotirios. Metropolitan Sotirios was assisted by Bishop of Edmonton Hilarion (the […]
Christ is risen! “Christ is risen indeed!” – this joyful answer to the exclamation “Christ is risen” characterizes the Easter days no less than all singing. Sorrow and grief accompany all our life but they are always followed by joy. So on these days joy bursts into our soul after sorrowful tears and great grief […]
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Christ is risen! Our Church devotes the first Sunday after Easter to Evangelic story about Thomas, Christ’s disciple who said he wouldn’t believe the resurrection of Jesus Christ till he touched Him himself. What is the essence of this story? […]
March 2010/ Monthly Bulletin of the Orthodox V Charitable Association
Divine Services of the Great Saturday and Easter were celebrated in churches of “Orthodox V”. The rector of the parishes priest George Sergeev conducted the services and consecrated Easter cakes and paskhas in eight parishes of “Orthodox V” and also in the hospital of Lamont. On the bright day of the Resurrection of Christ the […]
My dear co-brothers the archpastors, all-honourable fathers presbyters, God-loving deacons, pious monks and nuns, brothers and sisters! On the radiant and world-saving feast of the Lord’s Resurrection I am glad in my heart to greet you with the inspired and unchanging great words of the Paschal good news: CHRIST IS RISEN! On this light-bearing night […]
In ancient times the Liturgy of the Great Saturday as other Lenten Liturgies took place at sunset and so it begins with Vespers. As Vespers is always the beginning of the service of the next day, and the next day is Easter, the Liturgy of the Great Saturday combines two moments: on the one hand […]
On March 24, 2010 the Lamont Hall was the scene of a successful Annual “Orthodox V” Bake Sale. His Grace Iov, Bishop of Kashira, Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada and minister from parishes of Orthodox V Father George Sergeev heartily thanks all parishioners who took an active part in the arrangement and conducting […]
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! During two thousand years already we, Christians, either seek for God or run away from Him. Sometimes the faith in our souls is changed by betrayal. So since ancient times until now, the same people, we, Christians, in the same […]
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